The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-03-31

my best. II don't know exactly
why she cent ne off 2
4 do, tbon, said Miss Agnew
pouring the tea out OF a chased siN'
yer teapot into china set as del N
cate aud transparent as gildcd Ell "
shells. 'Yc-are toe-.srativ. q -
'cg,s year ago tomorrow the great
cavern under the Jail was discovered.
The answer to the poetical riddle
published in our issue Of March II is
"The Whale"
Abraham Lincoln considered the
familiar poem, "Why Should the
Spirit of Mortal be Proud ~ the
used to repeat it as often as Daniel
Webster before him repeated "Grays
Elegy."
Coon hunting seems to be n lucrG-
tive sport in some parts of Missouri
Two hunter recently chopped down
an evident coon tree" near Trenton
and got three coons, 400 pounds OF
honey, and an oyster can in which
were $3.50 ia gold.
Look out for counterfeit Bland doll
lars. A whole lot of them was re-
Gently put into circulation and are
going the rounds. Keep an eye open
for base coins. The mill Of the coun-
terfeiters is said to bc located In the
hills surrounding Allentown.
Sunbury is reported full Of spooks
and hob goblins-rivalns Burns dis
cription of Kirk .Alloway. ltis report
ed Of Brother Wilvert, that while out
on Il spook hunt on recent moon-
light night lie discovered his shadow
following him. He promptly aband"
oned the hunt and devoted the bal
ance of the night in trying to induce
his shadow to go home.
Venus, as we'll as spring, comes
slowly up this way. The star bright
ems every evening and serves rs II dia-
mond wherewith to pin up the pink
curtains at the close Of day. Seen
with the unaided eye the planet glows
and sparliles {; seen through n tele-
scope or an extra strong opera glass
il is charming little III Don, or slice
from q rare ripe Delaware peach
beautiful by set in the sky.
Our Wall paper department is com
plete. We carry almost 200 different
designs in stock. Prices undoubtedly
lower than anywhere else.
s. Weis, Selinsgrove, Pa.
Mr.. Thomplon, II member OF the
Legislature from Butler county, has
introduced IL bill having for its object
the checking of the swindling prac-
ticed on farme rs by persons who go
around through the country selling
goods which they never deliver, anc
taking in payment therefor what af'
; forwards turns out to be Il negotiabl,
note. The bill proposes to make al
such notes non~negotiable, which vii
be notice 90 bankers and others moi
to purchase them.
Some objection is being raised tC
i the proposed amendment to th'
school law fixing the minimum term
at six months, on the ground that II
tat m hn
4. tricts where it is impossible to sen,
b.. the larger children to school until th,
fall work has been done. The objec
ton is not well taken. Country chill
;. dren have rs much right to be pro
vided with educational advantages a
their city cousin. Country parent
, have no right to keep their children
out of school because work is press
ing, though they may imagine the!
Q have. They owe those children al
education, and the sooner they realiz
the fact the better.
The reason some people don't ge
their paper as promptly as they nigh
z wish is easily explained by the follow
< ing notice sent us through the mail
y 1t read:
March 25, 'S7. Mr.. Harter:-Pleas
send my papar to Verdilla, Snyde
u county, Pa. Please attend to it u
Q once as l want my papers"
r As there was no name to the paper
n and no post-mark to show where i
was sent from, how under the spangle'
y heavens ore we to know which one o
!, our 900 subscribers we are to send t
= "Verdlllar We do the very best w
can to accommodate our patrons ant
get frequently cursed because We arj
not omnicient. But we are getting
u a hide on US like rhionocerous anC
y can stand all the explosive English
D. that can be hurled at us with a Cat
ling Gun in a month.
REPUBLICAN CoMMITTEEMEN.- .-Th
= following committeeman for Snyde
h county were elected at last Saturday
n Republican Primary
Adams. /. II. Fetterolf, Ner B. Mid
!, dleswarth.
Il Beaver. Benz. Smith, j. NJ. Feese.
q Beaver West, VIM. NJ. Bratton, A. A
D. Romig.
"a Centre, II. II. Walter, VIM. Knapp.
" Chapman, James p. Eeckard, WIN